title: Quality of life in symptomatic HIV infected children.
abstract: We conducted a case control study to compare the quality of life (QOL) in 40 cases of HIV infected children and 40 demographically matched controls with other chronic ailments at a referral hospital in Northern India. Quality of life among HIV infected children was significantly better in psychosocial (P=0.008), emotional (P=0.001) and school (P=0.039) functioning. Factors including age (P=0.07), gender (P=0.44), socioeconomic status (P=0.99), clinical (P=0.18) and immunological staging (P=-0.91) of HIV infection did not significantly influence QOL scores. Hence, quality of life in HIV infected children of North India was better than those suffering from other childhood chronic illness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Pt B D Sharma Postgraduate Insititute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India. Correspondence to: Dr Sanjiv Nanda, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, PT B D Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak 124 001, Haryana, India. drsanjivnanda@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Mohit
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Sanjiv
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: Jaya Shankar
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kaushik
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors